![]() Now 51, Beem tees it up when he can on PGA Tour Champions (he played eight times last year) but is more frequently heard on Sky Sports as an informative and funny analyst, doing more than 20 events for the network per year.īut while he hasn’t found the winner’s circle since his PGA Championship win, that matters little for Beem. I just think that (the Wanamaker Trophy) is the neatest thing and… I can't wait to get home and show it off.”īeem’s 2002 triumph at the PGA Championship was his final victory on the PGA Tour. “Just loves the game of golf, still plays all the time, still comes over to my house, steals golf balls and putters and woods and irons and just loves the game of golf and has given his life to it. My father, he's been with the PGA for more than 25 years,” said Beem at the time. ![]() “I remember when Davis (Love III) won at Winged Foot, it meant so much to him because his father was a PGA Professional. He and Rich Beem are the only father-son duo who have been inducted into the New Mexico State Hall of Fame. He spent 40 years in the golf industry as a head pro and general manager before returning to his alma mater of New Mexico State as head coach in 1998. That's awfully impressive, to go out there and shoot a round like that, when he absolutely has to do it,” said Woods. “He just went out there and played great today, shot 4-under. However, Beem, highlighted by an eagle on the par-5 11th, fired a 4-under 68 Sunday. Leonard struggled that Sunday and shot a 5-over 77. He added another 72 on Saturday and came into the final group on Sunday three back of Justin Leonard. He was in a five-way tie for the lead through 36 holes. I didn't miss a shot coming in.”īeem started off the week with an even-par 72 but zipped up the leaderboard in the second round after a 6-under 66. Take it one shot at a time, but you've just got to hit every shot the way you know you can. “I told (caddy Steve Williams), ‘If we birdie in, we'll win the tournament, let's just suck it up and get it done.’ “I gave it absolutely everything I have,” said Woods after falling just one shot short. 1 player in the world made birdies on each of his final four holes, including an exclamation point on 18. The victory for Beem came as Woods stormed to the finish line. “This is unexpected,” Beem said with a laugh that fateful Sunday, after he won by one shot over Woods – who won five times that year, including two majors.
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